Judgment of the General Court (Eighth Chamber) of 29 March 2012.#Czech Republic v European Commission.#Agriculture — Common organisation of the markets — Measures to be adopted due to the accession of new Member States — 2003 Act of Accession — Determination of surplus stocks of agricultural products other than sugar and the financial consequences of their elimination — Objective pursued by a provision of primary legislation — Decision 2007/361/EC.#Case T-248/07.

Subject of the case

Re:

APPLICATION for annulment of Commission Decision 2007/361/EC of 4 May 2007 on the determination of surplus stocks of agricultural products other than sugar and the financial consequences of their elimination in relation to the accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia (OJ 2007 L 138, p. 14).

Operative part

Operative part

The Court:

1. Annuls Commission Decision 2007/361/EC of 4 May 2007 on the determination of surplus stocks of agricultural products other than sugar and the financial consequences of their elimination in relation to the accession of the Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia and Slovakia;

2. Dismisses the remainder of the action;

3. Orders the European Commission to pay the costs incurred by the Czech Republic and to bear its own costs;

4. Orders the Slovak Republic and the Republic of Poland to bear their own costs.